Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
CARL SAGANScience is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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